House Passes Restrictions On NSA's Collection Of Phone Records

[Swilly]

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[quote=NPR]The House passed a measure to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records, approving a scaled-back version of legislation that was prompted by leaks from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

The 303-121 vote, however "sent an unambiguous signal that both parties are no longer comfortable with giving the N.S.A. unfettered power to collect bulk surveillance data," according to The New York Times.

The bill, known as the USA Freedom Act, now goes to the Senate. The Associated Press says that it essentially codifies a proposal made in January by President Obama, "who said he wanted to end the NSA's practice of collecting the 'to and from' records of nearly every American landline telephone call under a program that searched the data for connections to terrorist plots abroad."

But Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, a member of the House intelligence committee, described the bill as a "watered down" version of a bill that originally called for an independent public advocate to monitor the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, court that oversees the NSA.

"We must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good," Schakowsky said.[/quote]

[hovergroovie]

hahahahha they must be stopped....with LAWS!

[A B.A. Survivor]

I doubt we'll ever see any powerful, sweeping legislation ever again. It always gets watered down, like the Schakowsky chick says.

[Leon]

trick move: the nsa doesnt care about the law

[nikomo]

[QUOTE=Leon;44881489]trick move: the nsa doesnt care about the law[/QUOTE]

Actually, what the NSA is doing, is legal, it's just unconstitutional.
They've been authorized to do what they're doing by the powers of the commander-in-chief.
Hell, there was a lot of stuff that the NSA was doing to foreigners, that was expanded to both foreigners and Americans, when Obama became the president.

Doesn't make it right, or moral, though.